Chicago Teachers Union A Step Closer To Strike Vote Over Concerns About COVID Safety In CPS Schools
The Chicago Teachers Union is one step closer to a strike vote over what they call the unsafe return to school buildings.
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The Chicago Teachers Union is one step closer to a strike vote over what they call the unsafe return to school buildings.
Manar, who has been a lead budget negotiator for Illinois Senate Democrats and advocate for school funding reform during his eight years in office, will step down from his seat on Jan. 17.
Evers renewed his request to lawmakers to take up his proposed compromise, first floated on Dec. 21, saying it would be "inexplicable" to take up anything else first.
The Chicago Teachers Union on Sunday said a substantial number of teachers will not be returning to in-person work on Monday on the grounds that schools are unsafe amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week, a growing number of national Republican lawmakers have pledged to take their final stand to contest presidential election results.
Following a harrowing year in which the coronavirus pandemic changed life as we know it, Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a New Year's Eve message to Chicagoans Thursday night.
Chicago pastors on Thursday said they are one step closer to congressional hearings about wrong raids by Chicago Police, after meeting with U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-Illinois).
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday met with Anjanette Young, the woman who was handcuffed naked during a botched raid by Chicago Police.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office on Wednesday released several staff emails and other documents related to the city's response to the botched police raid in which Anjanette Young was handcuffed naked in her home.
Some pastors are putting the pressure on lawmakers to hold congressional hearings on wrong raids by Chicago Police.
In a double hit to those out of work during the pandemic, the State of Illinois has told some people to give back their unemployment money. On Wednesday, there was possible relief.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked an attempt to vote on the $2,000 stimulus checks approved by the House, but resurrected the higher payments in a new bill that includes other on President Trump's wish list: The creation of a commission to study election fraud and the repeal of Section 230, which shields social media companies from lawsuits.
There was backlash at City Hall on Tuesday after a meeting between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Anjanette Young was suddenly canceled.
"The Mayor declined Ms. Young's request to meet with her in the manner that Ms. Young had requested—a manner that was best for her, her healing and Transparency," attorney Keenan Saulter said.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday voted to pass a bill to increase the $600 stimulus checks to $2,000, with 275 members voting for the bill and 134 voting against it. The bill received the needed two-thirds majority of the members voting to pass in the House.
